So… what’s that conservatives have been saying about the sanctity of marriage?
GUH. Remind me to go back to this site after I’ve seen PoA. I promised myself no more spoilers, yet look at the quality of these images! Wah, life is so hard.
*bangs head against wall repeatedly*
From AWN: SHREK 3 & 4 IN THE WORKS.
DreamWorks principal Jeffrey Katzenberg announced at the Cannes Film Festival that work has already begun on SHREK 3 and SHREK 4. Katzenberg said that after the first film the studio worked out the story of Shrek and the unanswered question left open in the original. SHREK 2, which hits theaters on May 19, 2004, answers the issues surrounding how Princess Fiona was left in the tower and how her parents would react to Shrek as her husband. The third film will address issues not yet announced, but the fourth installment Katzenberg says will deal with why Shrek came to live in the swamp in the first place.”
You kill this story, Dreamworks, I kill you. Please please please don’t destroy these characters! A strong script, that’s all I ask! Let it hinge on development of a strong script! *wails*
Edit: Gah, and that’s not all the AWN stuff I have to comment on today.
Re: “The Polar Express”
Dear ImageMovers,
Motion Capture and “Performance Capture” are the SAME THING. No need to make it sound all pretentious.
With annoyance,
Priscilla
PIRATES 2 & 3 TO HITS THEATERS IN 2006.
Disney announced its plans for the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franchise at the North American Theatre Owners annual meeting. Production will been on booth the second and third film soon with both film arriving in theaters in 2006 released six months apart. ComingSoon.net has also confirmed that Johnny Depp’s wish of Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards playing Captain Jack Sparrow’s dad in the sequel will come true. Depp has long said that he modeled his performance on the legendary rocker.
16. WOLFGANG PETERSEN CASTS SPELL ON XANTH FANTASY SERIES.
Warner Bros. has snatched up the rights to the fantasy novel series XANTH to be produced by TROY helmer Wolfgang Petersen along with TROY writer David Benioff and Diana Rathbun of Petersen’s Radiant Prods, reports VARIETY. Radiant’s Samuel Dickerman will exec produce.
A SPELL FOR CHAMELEON is the first book in the series, which chronicles a boy named Bink in the world of Xanth, where all the inhabitants must possess magical or face banishment.
“When LORD OF THE RINGS finally got made and THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE got set up, I felt that the XANTH series was the last great one,” Benioff said.
“What excites me about A SPELL FOR CHAMELEON is that it is a classic hero’s journey in a very fun fantasy setting,” Petersen said. “Today’s technology gives us the ability to make a great film from a series of books that has been entertaining readers for 25 years.”
Also, “Hellboy” is getting sequelled, Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” ride will be the next to receive cinematic adaptation, and Neil Gaiman’s “Books of Magic” are also coming to screen. Let’s hope people realize they were written *before* Harry Potter.
Oh — and PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME on comments! Those without blogger accounts have to post anonymously, but please write your name at the end of your comment. I’m getting very confused with all the unsigned commentage going on.
Weird. This was the second time it happened. I was still connected to Kazaa and still getting a feed from Air America and I could load anything at tnm.n, but everything else on the web seemed to indicate that my internet connection was down. So if anyone was wondering where I was yesterday evening, that’s my confused explanation. Huh.
Fortunately, this gave me some time to work on a new layout for WIAN and read more of Wicked. As for WIAN, I suddenly realized yesterday morning that I was an idiot and that the reason I didn’t think I was very good at web design was because I expected it to be easy and just flow. I wasn’t thinking about it being like every other creative endeavor, in which one must plan out things in advance and actually brainstorm. So now I’m starting from the drawing board, and I already like my new concepts much more than the half-baked ideas I had floating around before. So yay!
As for Wicked, I must pause briefly to HAIL THE PACKRAT SYNDROME. My mom got me a copy several years ago, and though I thought it looked like a great book, I just never got around to reading it. And when I was going through a bookshelf purge last year, I decided that I probably never would get around to reading it and put it in the box to sell to Half-Price Books. We had every intention of bringing the books to Half-Price, but they’re still sitting in a bunch of boxes in the garage. Oops. I guess I know where I get my tendencies toward procrastination now. So anyway, Wicked was rescued, and I spent parts of yesterday reading, while on the treadmill yesterday (2.75 miles! I am so good!) and while lying uselessly on the ground that evening in the yoga position for relieving period cramps.
As for my actual reactions to Wicked so far, let’s just say that it makes me feel much better about taking liberties with Men at Arms. Good grief, Wicked: the musical is almost nothing like the book! Although I hate myself for the things I’m doing to Angua and Carrot and Vimes, at least I’ll have someone to point at and blame and say “But THEY were even MORE out of character!” and run away.
So yeah. A Hat Full of Sky in five days!
Dallas kids: Shrek 2 has been moved to Friday. I’m thinking 5pm at Cinemark 17. I can certainly provide a ride for anyone that wants one.
BillyBoyd.net just released news about Billeh’s next project, a short film called “Instant Credit,” from the creators of the delicious “Sniper 470.” Of course, in this film Billy will be playing “a chef who is having a really bad day” and not a space-sniper that spends virtually the entire film shirtless, which is a bit sad, but the fact that his girlfriend Ali McKinnon has a role makes everything worthwhile, because Ali is cuter than toast. Joy!
Just got back from Ring Day, in which my younglings officially became seniors! *tear* They’re all grown up and wearing white blazers and savin’ China!
So one group of friends is seeing HP3 at Midnight, and another group is seeing it at 10:30 the next morning in organized costume. I have half a mind to go to both, as I’ve already committed myself to seeing the midnight showing (and I’m sure Kell would rather be at A-Kon the next morning), yet a lot of my friends can’t go at midnight. Ah, the choices a woman must make in this earthly realm!
I think I’ll go as Percy. After all, I have a Weasley sweater with a P on it and a red Prefect badge. Or maybe I could borrow Chungy’s blue prefect badge and go as Penelope Clearwater… nah, Percy’s much more identifiable. And as a guy, the costume would be easier to assemble, as I have no Hogwarts-style skirts.
*sudden flash of inspiration*
I WANT TO GO AS A MARY-SUE!
Happy 50th Aniversary to Brown v. The Board of Education!